Dr. Wailani Sung
Dr. Sung is the only board-certified Veterinary Behaviorist in the city of San Francisco. She provides behavior consultations for pets in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. She also provides behavior consultations for patients living in other states or countries.
Dr. Sung obtained her Master’s degree and Doctorate in Psychology with a special interest in animal behavior from the University of Georgia. Dr. Sung graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. She completed a residency program in veterinary behavioral medicine and achieved Board certification from the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists in 2013.
Dr. Sung provides behavior consultations for privately owned pets. She also offers assessments for Vicious Dangerous Dog cases. Dr. Sung provides consultations to animal shelters regarding individual shelter pets and evaluations on shelter behavior programs.
Dr. Sung is a co-author of the book, “From Fearful to Fear Free”, in which she collaborated with America’s veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker, veterinary colleague Dr. Lisa Radosta, and renown trainer, Mikkel Becker. Dr. Sung also co-authored a chapter in “Decoding your Cat”. Dr. Sung has been a contributor to the websites, PetCoach, PetMD and Reader’s Digest. Dr. Sung has written chapters for the following veterinary textbooks: Behavior of Exotic Pets; Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Canine and Feline Behavior, 2nd Edition; Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline: 7th edition; Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarian and Staff, 2nd edition; Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine.
Dr. Sung is a highly sought after speaker with presentations given at Western Veterinary Conference, Christian Veterinary Mission Conference, the MidWest Veterinary Conference, HSUS Expo, New Mexico Humane Conference, Fear Free Symposium and Camp Maddie.
Dr. Sung was interviewed on the documentary, Cat Tales by NOVA: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/cat-tales/ and on the Netflix documentary, Inside the Mind of a Cat.